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Success Criteria with Media Alternative Exception

• 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (A)
• 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (A)
• 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (A)

Media Success Criteria Summary

Information portrayed by the media needs to be presented in another way.

Media Alternative Exception

If the media itself serves as an alternative, then it is exempt from needing an alternative.

Examples

• Video of Sign Language does not need to have an Audio Description (but might be nice to have)
• Audio descriptions don't need to be captioned (but might be nice to have)